Chapter Four

Scene 10:

"You allowed him to cross the dessert with merely a charioteer to be with?" Kenji, the incumbent King of Kanagawa;stood in front of the Emperor.

Covered elegantly with an olive-green coat, King Kenji of Kanagawa's voluminous green eyes showered its pulchritude to Maki... leaving the Emperor to an amused state.

"As I want a hundred soldiers to accompany him, he refused." Maki directed Kenji to sit beside him on the royal couch made of gold and platinum.

Kenji perched beside the Emperor with sophistication as the latter wrapped his arms around his shoulder and tight waist.

"You seem to give so much love and attention to the Prince of Shohoku that it makes me jealous." Kenji buried his head on his husband's neckside.

"Jealous?" Maki looked at his husband, then changed the topic. "Hanamichi is so easy to love. His eyes dwell tender love..." Maki murmured hoarsely as he gazed at Kenji's gleaming green orbs. "His lips softer than a feather and shinier than silk..." Maki caressed the King's cherry thin lips with his middle finger. "His skin... like priceless ivory..." Maki traversed his palm acrossed the King's neck, collarbones and down to the muscled but smooth chest.

Kenji pulled the Emperor by the neck to get closer to him and kissed him on the lips.

First, it was a union of watery soft lips... then joined by the tip of their tongues bumping on each other... until they dominate one's mouth.

It was Kenji who broke the kiss in the middle of its highest peak by pushing the Emperor's chest away from him.

Maki was apprently disappointed and hoping for more.

"You don't think I'll ever get jealous to anyone who captures your sight, do you?" Kenji smiled and spoke sarcastically. "Over my dead body, Maki. You know I don't love you... and never will I."

"I know." Maki stretched his lips slightly. Kenji never loved him and that's a fact he knew from day one. "Even until my last breathe, I'm still hoping to have your love."

Standing from the royal couch, Kenji looked down at the Emperor who absolutely had fallen to hard in love about him.

"Till my last breath, I curse the day we were married." And Kenji left the room.

Hanamichi slowly tilted his eyes upward as he gazed at the figure approaching him from the foot of the bed.

It was his own bed located in his princely room in the Palace of Shohoku. Since the first time he laid on that bed when he was younger, he had been dreaming of sleeping on it with the love of his life.

Kaede uncovered the silky red curtain of the giant bed in a very erotic manner then, he stood in stationary in front of the prince.

It was a beauty to behold.

Hanamichi's eyes rolled down the perfectly-sculpted pair of collarbones and to the broad muscular shoulders. The skin was as white as snow and with little blushes of red on the chest part.

Kaede's chest was toned and looked husky.

Hanamichi felt his manhood going tight... squeezing its muscles... as he imagined his own hands flattening itself on those erected cherry nubs.

The prince' entire body froze even more that it hardly move... as he relished in the sight of tight abdomen and with the very visible six-pack muscles... as if craving to escape from that soft white skin and be touched by him.

His arousal intensified... throbbing like the heart of a terrified human, as he saw right on his bare eyes... the raven-black pubic hairs messing on Kaede's pelvic girdle. It was like a glistening velvet carpet on the road to orgasm.

Hanamichi's eyes concentrated on the long and hard penis of his companion. It was tan and the testicles behind were even brownier and globular... wanting to be seen in the limelight.

As if Kaede's adonis body was the key, Hanamichi began to spread his barenaked long and supple legs with no apprehension. He presented to the love of his life... his whole body, together with his mind, his heart and his soul.

The slave tenderly plunged himself on the bed. He loved the smell of Hanamichi's foot... like peaches in a summer's day. Kaede's lips curled and licked the tip of the prince's toe with tranquility.

Like the night was all theirs, Kaede planted butterfly kisses around Hanamichi's supple tan legs and sniffed its fragrance.

Hanamichi felt the tickles even more intolerable as Kaede licked his way towards his thigh and crotch... then shaping his waist with two hands... emphasizing every curve.

Kaede worshipped the god of beauty with soft and tender kisses.

"I'm yours." Hanamichi murmured and caressed Kaede's cheek lovingly.

And they shared a kiss to last them a lifetime.

Kaede kissed his lover with ultimate passion and limitless desire. He swirled his tongue all over the prince' mouth... tasting his sweetness and freshness.

He allowed his pelvic girdle to drop on Hanamichi's pelvic girdle... so he could rub his own manhood to his. The sensation was awesomely exciting that left Hanamichi in daze.

Seeing the prince in a condition where the eyes were titilating and his lips were in a smile, Kaede dug his pelvic girdle even more and quickened the pace of his rubbing.

"Uh-uh..." Hanamichi moaned.

The bed quivered in response. The curtains moved in chorus... and the evening sky laid still for serenity.

Finally, Kaede traced Hanamichi's body with his fingers... until he reached down and gripped the prince's manhood in one swift hold.

"Ah!" Hanamichi reacted and as Kaede pumped his manhood in and out... he felt like climbing a mountain foot by foot.

This was his last night to sleep with Kaede, so he made it special. He wanted to keep their distance for Prince Akira shouldn't be underestimated.

If Akira discover about his hidden love affair with a slave, Akira would surely took advantage of it. Hanamichi couldn't bare to put Kaede's life and safety at stake.

If only Kaede could see through his mind, then this night would be more miserable... for it's they both know it's their last night to make love.

"Ah..." Hanamichi reached the peak of orgasm. It was very exhilarating.

Scence 11:

Hanamichi observed his lover's face while sleeping in the very silent and peaceful night.

The prince couldn't fall asleep... he had several problems to think of, especially about his wedding with Akira.

He leaned his head sidewards on Kaede's chest... feeling his every heart beat.

He wanted that moment to last for eternity.

He wanted to stay in his arms forever, and if that forever wouldn't come, then he hope that night would be longer for them to cherish.

As his hands massaged Kaede's stomach, he remembered what he discovered two days ago in the Ryonan Grand Palace.

*Thoughts* Hanamichi was constantly walking around the palace garden, having a relaxing moment with the abundance of fresh air around.

Suddenly, he stopped on his tracks when he heard murmurs coming from the back of a huge maple tree.

The Prince' mouth dropped as he saw a pair of men, one was clothed with a black cape and metal body shields while the other was clothed in white linen cape with blue-printed birds on the near hem.

Looking closely to the magnificent cape, Hanamichi noticed that the man who was wearing it and leaning at the trunk of the tree was no other than... King Kenji of Kanagawa.

"Your fragrance is like the flowers in autumn." The soldier, who was apparently taller than the King and slimmer than the Emperor, smelled and kissed the cheek of Kenji... with tenderness.

"Every night I can't sleep, knowing that you're out in a battle and I'm uncertain of your safety." Kenji said... with his green eyes shimmering in desires for the soldier. His hand sliding up and down on the soldier's muscled arm.

Then the soldier took off a silver medallion that was tied around his neck... then placed it around Kenji's neck.

"Here's your medallion that kept me from harm. Whenever I look at it, I see your face and it gave me the courage to fight all enemies."

Kenji blushed at the words of the soldier... then they both shared a very passionate kiss.

Their lips entwined... their tongues tangled with each other. They tasted each other's warm liquid of love to give them hope.

"I love you so much, Toru." Kenji caressed the soldier's face while the latter snuggled on that same hand peacefully.

"I love you too."

Suddenly, the soldier sensed Hanamichi's present. Toru fiercefully armed himself with his sword and directed it to Hanamichi.

"You shall not harm my King."

"Hanamichi." Kenji was startled to see the Prince. "What are you doing here?"

"I think I shall ask you that question," Hanamichi replied.

The tip of the sword was still directed to Hanamichi, but the latter's courage was full and true.

"Put your sword down, Hanagata." Kenji ordered... showing that he's the master and the soldier was his servant. Nothing more and nothing less.

"I saw it." The Prince mumbled with a serious look, towards the King.

"Leave us." Kenji told the soldier and the latter obediently left them. Then the King examined the face of his own successor and spoke proudly. "Confess all that you saw."

"Everything." Hanamichi was uniyielding. Emperor Maki had always been so kind, so generous and so caring to him. He wouldn't let such a traitor to hurt the Emperor.

The King slowly walked towards the clear pond and stood on its side... staring at his own reflection on the waters.

"You and I are two of a kind." The King uttered with a bit of a sarcastic smile. "You may have not found the person for you, but someday, you will... and you will curse Maki for crowning you as the King of this land."

Hanamichi tilted his head to look at the pretty cherry blossoms in the trees around. He had found the man he would love all his life. His wedding has yet to come, but he laready regret about it.

"I love Toru Hanagata very much, Hanamichi. He's a native in Shoyo City... from where I came from. He's my childhood bestfriend and when I was about to leave my place to Ryonan for I am fated to marry the next Emperor, Toru confessed to me his feelings. He's only a middle-class citizen... a son of the palace hardener so I can never marry him." Kenji suddenly faced the Prince and cheerfully smiled at him. "Do you wonder why he became a soldier? So he can see me often in the palace."

Hanamichi was in silence. The King's situation was very similar to his.

"You can tell Maki if you want. Our love had been a lie from the beginning." Then, Kenji's face turned sullen. "Beauty is nothing, but a curse to us."

Kenji uttered... before leaving the garden in a king's steps.

-to-be-continued-